Gasoline Alley (radio)

This article is about the 1930s US radio show. For the American comic strip, see Gasoline Alley.
Gasoline Alley
Genre Radio sitcom
Running time 15 minutes. (5:45 pm–6:00 pm)
Country United States
Language(s) English
Syndicates NBC Blue Network
Written by Kane Campbell [1]
Directed by Charles Schenck [1]
Air dates 1931 (1931) to January 7, 1949 (1949-01-07)

Gasoline Alley was an American radio sitcom based on the popularity of the newspaper comic strip Gasoline Alley by Frank King. It first aired in 1931 [2] under the name "Uncle Walt and Skeezix".

In February 17, 1941 the show returned on NBC Radio under the name "Gasoline Alley", with almost the same cast. Unusual at the time, it was a literal transfer of the storyline that had appeared in the comics pages that very same morning.[1] This version ended on May 9, 1941.

The syndicated series of 1948–49 featured a cast of Bill Lipton, Mason Adams and Robert Dryden. Sponsored by Autolite, the program used opening theme music by the Polka Dots, a harmonica group. The 15-minute episodes focused on Skeezix running a gas station and garage, the Wallet and Bobble Garage, with his partner, Wilmer Bobble. In New York, this series aired on WOR from July 16, 1948 to January 7, 1949.[3]

Cast

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 John Dunning (1998-03-19). "On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio". Books.google.be. p. 279. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  2. ↑ "June 14, 1931 - WALT AND SKEEZIX | Chicago Tribune Archive". Archives.chicagotribune.com. 1931-06-14. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  3. ↑ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-507678-8.


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